Barry

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

Barry, Sir Charles 1795-1860. British architect who designed the Houses of Parliament in London (1839).

Barry, Philip 1896-1949. American playwright whose works, mostly comedies about the wealthy, include The Philadelphia Story (1939).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

proper n. A male given name, sometimes also used as a diminutive of Bartholomew.

proper n. A surname derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Divided into bars; -- said of the field.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as barrow-coat.

In heraldry, divided into bars: said of the heraldic field.

Etymologies

Anglicized form of Irish Barra, short form of Fionnbharr, from fionn ("white") + barr ("head"). (Wiktionary)

Examples

BOB COWSILL, BROTHER OF BARRY COWSILL: We have a large fan base still after all these years, and we had heard through our Web site that someone had posted that they thought they saw Barry in a CNN video.

Closing this window without pressing "Report" will result in your words being lost. listened to the first two of these beauties today ... marcotti on the guardian .. barry much more cheerful, way worse sound quality, good jokes still all the same there, and a more varied format, methinks good call by Barry on the Adebayor machine Gun sounds and gestures by the Man Utd fans.